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Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village Green

Reference

B103.01

Place

BARDONMILL

Map ref

NY 781646

Original Location

Village, by the side of the road, set on a small green.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

a. Unveiled 25th July 1920 by Lady Bowes-Lyon of Ridley Hall.

Memorial Description

Cross on stepped sandstone base 168cm x 144cm and approx. 4m high. The dedication and names from 1914-18 are on the front of the main plinth and the two steps below. Those for 1939-45 are on the right and left hand sides of the main plinth. The lettering throughout is of plain lead capitals stuck on to the stone.

Materials used

Granite on sandstone base.

Inscription

a. In memory of / those from this district / who gave their lives for / right and freedom / home and country / in the Great War 1914-1918.
Their name liveth for evermore
b. Also those / who fell in the / Second Great War / 1939-1945.

Names

a. 22 names, ranks and regiments listed.
b. 7 names, ranks and regiments listed.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Public subscription

Present condition

Good

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Hall

Hexham Courant 31/07/1920 reports unveiling

Source of quotation “Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44

External web link

Historic England Listing

Research acknowledgements

P. Thirkell; George and Janet Brown

Research In Progress

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Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village Green (B103.01)

 
  
   In memory of 
   those from this district 
   who gave their lives for 
   right and freedom 
   home and country 
   in the Great War 1914-1918.
  
   Lieut. C.L.C. Bowes Lyon 3rd Black Watch.
   Corp. P. Cook, West Yorks.
   L/C  W. Pearson, Australian Imp Forces.
   Pte. S. Johnson, Nortd. Fusiliers
   "   H. Little,    "       "
   "   G.E. Little,  "       "
   ----------------------------------------
   Pte. A. Little, Nortd. Fusiliers.
   "   J.A. Nicholson, "       "
   "   G.W.C. Usher,   "       "  
   "   W. Atkinson,    "       "
   ----------------------------------------
   Pte. F. Bowman, Nortd. Fusiliers    Pte. T.H. Nicholson, East Yorks.
   "   A. Furlong,    "                "   M. Blair, R.A.M.C.
   "   R. Benson, Tyneside Scottish    "   R. Graham, R.A.S.C.
   "   J. Bolman,     "                "   W. Armstrong, Gren. Guards
   "   G. Mole, West Yorks.            "   J. Bell, Royal Fusiliers
  
   Their name liveth for evermore
   ----------------------------------------
Right hand side  (1914-18 continued) 

    
   Pte. T.F. Tweeddale

    
   Nortd. Fusiliers

    
   Pte. W. Batey 

    
   Nortd. Fusiliers.

    
   ----------------------------------------

    
Left hand side :                  

    
   

    
   Also those                        

    
   who fell in the                   

    
   Second Great War                  

    
   1939-1945.                        

    
  

    
   Sgt.  H.M. Pattinson, R.A.F.

    
   "    J.C. Skelton, R.A.F.

    
   Corp. J. Ward, R.N.F.

    
   Pte.  T.L. Armstrong, K.O.S.B.

    
   Gnr.  A.A. Dinning, R.H.A.

    
   L.A.C. J.R. Surtees, R.A.F.

    
   Dvr.  T. Hodgson, R.A.

    
NamesB103.01

    

    
    

   
                    

                

            

                        

                
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